महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-24, verse-49

भीष्म उवाच ।
येषां दाराः प्रतीक्षन्ते सुवृष्टिमिव कर्षकाः ।
उच्छेषपरिशेषं हि तान्भोजय युधिष्ठिर ॥४९॥

49. bhīṣma uvāca ,
yeṣāṁ dārāḥ pratīkṣante suvṛṣṭimiva karṣakāḥ ,
uccheṣapariśeṣaṁ hi tānbhojaya yudhiṣṭhira.

49. bhīṣma uvāca | yeṣāṃ dārāḥ pratīkṣante suvṛṣṭim iva
karṣakāḥ | ucchoṣapariśeṣaṃ hi tān bhojaya yudhiṣṭhira

49. Bhishma said: "O Yudhishthira, indeed, feed those men with the leftovers whose wives wait (for them) like farmers (wait) for good rain."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

• दाराः (dārāḥ) - wives

• प्रतीक्षन्ते (pratīkṣante) - they wait for, they expect

• सुवृष्टिम् (suvṛṣṭim) - good rain, abundant rain

• इव (iva) - like, as

• कर्षकाः (karṣakāḥ) - farmers, cultivators

• उच्छोषपरिशेषम् (ucchoṣapariśeṣam) - leftovers, remnants (of what is consumed)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• तान् (tān) - those men (them)

• भोजय (bhojaya) - feed, cause to eat

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; a proper name, son of Shantanu

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect tense

root vac, perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which

Note: Can also be neuter plural genitive

दाराः (dārāḥ) - wives

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (often used in plural, though masculine)

प्रतीक्षन्ते (pratīkṣante) - they wait for, they expect

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of īkṣ

present tense, middle voice

root īkṣ (with prefix prati), present 3rd plural middle

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सुवृष्टिम् (suvṛṣṭim) - good rain, abundant rain

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of suvṛṣṭi

suvṛṣṭi - good rain, abundant rain

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+vṛṣṭi)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vṛṣṭi – rain
  noun (feminine)
  root vṛṣ (to rain)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

कर्षकाः (karṣakāḥ) - farmers, cultivators

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karṣaka

karṣaka - farmer, cultivator, ploughman

agent noun from kṛṣ (to plough)

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

उच्छोषपरिशेषम् (ucchoṣapariśeṣam) - leftovers, remnants (of what is consumed)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ucchoṣapariśeṣa

ucchoṣapariśeṣa - the remains of a meal, what is left over, remnant

Compound type : tatpurusha (ucchoṣa+pariśeṣa)

• ucchoṣa – remnant, residue
  noun (masculine)
  from uc-śuṣ (to dry up, consume)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• pariśeṣa – remainder, residue, what is left over
  noun (masculine)
  from pari-śiṣ (to leave over)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those men (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

भोजय (bhojaya) - feed, cause to eat

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhuj

imperative, causative

causative of root bhuj, imperative 2nd singular active

Root: bhuj (class 7)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; a proper name, son of Pandu

Compound type : tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  indeclinable
  locative of yudh (fight)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)